Bithynia skadarskii is an endemic species of Lake Skadar, where it is known from 3 sites, Karuč, Vranjina, Island Kom. The lake is suffering rapid eutrophication, and as such the habitat is declining in quality, and as such the species is considered to be threatened.

Bithynia skadarskii is an endemic species of Lake Skadar, between Montenegro and Albania. It is known from 3 sites, Karuč, Vranjina, Island Kom. This species is listed for the Albanian part of SkadarLake (Dhora 2009) but without locality.

The lake is suffering rapid eutrophication as the result of agricultural activities and pollution from domestic sewage. There is also offtake of water from parts of the lake for domestic supplies in the towns adjacent to the lake.

No conservation actions in place for the species. Lake Skadar has some ecosystem management plans in place, however, this species requires habitat management to maintain the ecosystem in view of the possible lake-level changes and eutropication, as it lives in the littoral part of the lake between the emergent and floating vegetation. Survey-work is required to establish the number of subpopulations in Albania.